rentier
noun
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
rentiers
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pluralof rentier.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The hosts, Sydney and Violet Schiff, British rentiers and patrons of the arts, pulled off a coup in a salon at the Hotel Majestic: They brought together five of the greatest artists of the era.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022
And if you can maintain constant revenues at a lower cost basis, that means even more profits for the rentiers.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2018
Entrepreneurs sought social acceptance by passing themselves off as rentiers.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2016
“The super-rich today are not rentiers living off their accumulated wealth, as was frequently true in early part of the last century,” he said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
Most of my comrades, aged from seven to nineteen or twenty, were the sons of well‑to‑do fathers—soldiers, sailors, rentiers, owners of land, public officials, in professions or business or trade.
From The Martian by George Du Maurier
